A proposed ban on abortions if the fetus has a detectable heartbeat is SCHEDULED for debate in an Iowa House committee. Republican Representative Shannon Lundgren of Peosta is the chief spokeperson for the proposal.
Earlier this month the Republican-led Iowa Senate endorsed a ban on abortions after the 20th week of a pregnancy. Democrats say a timeline that’s connected to the detection of a fetal heartbeat would set the ban at the fifth or sixth week of pregnancy, before some women realize they are pregnant.
That’s Representative Beth Wessel-Kroeschell, a Democrat from Ames.
This Friday is the deadline for an abortion policy bill to clear the House Human Resources Committee and Democrats complain the proposal was not revealed until Tuesday afternoon.
